--- title: Pray speak very seriously to him on this subject, and make him reali… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Pray speak very seriously to him on this subject, and make him realize that he will most seriously displease me if he remains obstinate, and that he will certainly regret the measures I shall be obliged to take to enforce my will." Who acts: Pray, son. A sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainment --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/96/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/) / 96 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 22, sentence 96 Pray speak very seriously to him on this subject, and make him realize that he will most seriously displease me if he remains obstinate, and that he will certainly regret the measures I shall be obliged to take to enforce my will." **Who acts:** Pray, son · **What happens:** speak, make, realize, displease, remain, regret · **To what, where:** subject, son, me, measures, I · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pray, son), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:22:96 # text = Pray speak very seriously to him on this subject, and make him realize that he will most seriously displease me if he remains obstinate, and that he will certainly regret the measures I shall be obliged to take to enforce my will." 1 Pray Pray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 realize realize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 19 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 displease displease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 obstinate obstinate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 regret regret VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 enforce enforce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 csubj _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Pray | | | this subject | | seriously *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | Pray *not said here* | son | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **realize** | infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **displease** | future | son | me | | | | seriously *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 5 | **remain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | son | | | | | obstinate *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **regret** | future | son | the measures | | | | certainly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer measure=Stimulus | | 7 | **oblige** | shall · passive | | I | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **enforce** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/22/)